Moodle Quiz Rule Delayed Attempts: quizaccess_delayed

During the COVID19 epidemic, we had to radically change the way in which the evaluation was carried out. Suddenly, the infrastructure designed for face-to-face teaching had to absorb the burden of a multitude of synchronous questionnaires. This has caused saturation in all Moodle systems.
A measure to mitigate the problem is to control the initial access to a Quiz with a randomized delay to reduce the load at the start and end times.

Install Description

What is the quiz rule quizaccess_delayed?

It is a module for Moodle platform that makes the “Attempt quiz now” button auto-enable at quiz open timing plus a randomized delay, without requiring to refresh the page.
This is done by a client side countdown timer (javascript) which is initiated when the page is rendered in the browser.
If you enable quiz open time in quiz settings, quiz students will no longer have to manually refresh the
page in order to get “Attempt Quiz Now” button at the quiz open timing.
A random delay up to 10 minutes (configurable) is assigned to each student for spreading the entry times.

For whom is it focused?

This module is mainly intended for administrators of Moodle plattforms that deal with a high number of students and synchronous quiz exams .

Why should you use it?

By lightly spreading the access of the students, the server load decreases dramatically and the overall capacity of your system increases by orders of magnitude.

Designed for Moodle

Delayed Attempt Access Rule has been developed and integrated as a module for Moodle, the most popular e-learning platform in the world.

Customizable

Can be enabled system-wide by administrators or by the teachers in their courses.
Can be tuned to your server capacity.

Increase the capacity of your quizzes

Allow more students to undertake synchronous quizzes without compromising the server.

Give institutional and technical advices to the quiz users

An heuristic algorithm can detect problematic configurations and the teacher can receive a warning in the quiz front page.
A fixed institutional message can be shown to the students of every quiz in the system.

Address

E.T.S.I. Telecomunicación
Univesidad de Valladolid
Paseo de Belén 13
Valladolid, 47011
Spain

Contact

Email: jpdecastro@tel.uva.es

Links

E.T.S.I.T.
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